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Bob Kane and Bill Finger's inspirations for Batman were cult classic characters:Dracula, Zorro, Sherlock Holmes (as well as Doc Savage, The Shadow and The Phantom)
But I felt this worked better aesthetically.
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Not really the phantom. Scarlett Pimpernel is another one, especially the way Sir Percy acts like an absent minded fop.
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Funny Fact: Batman had a crossover with each of them! (with Dracula & Holmes for sure, don't know if it's the same for Zorro)
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So then Superman would be Hercules + Jesus + Flash Gordon?
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The Phantom is more like a combination of Zorro and Tarzan. But yeah this thing is great and so true.
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Very clever and nicely done. If I'm not mistaken the first Batman story was "borrowed" from a story with The Shadow.
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Oh cool, never knew that.
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Indeed, by the way I love this kind(I donΒ΄t know how to call it) of coloring
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I see it as a simple, flat, monotone/B&W style, it is totally a style that catches my attention so I figured I'd give it a shot with this idea. And thank you
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I see, thank you and you're welcome
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thats funny,
tshirt graphic anybody!
if i were you i would submit this to threadless.com you can make a nice amount
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I would LOVE THIS as a t-shirt
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well you may be able to pull it off on ZAZZLE if you take out the bat-logo
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I love the Bat-logo, but if taken away it could still work
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yeah I mean his silhouette is just as recognizable and I have a shop on zazzle myself ( zazzle.com/toxicavenger )
I could help you out
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Cool, I will keep that in mind
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its easy and a free source of money.
there's no subscription fee or anything you upload a design and in a hour its up on the public market and if somebody buys it zazzle prints and ships the shirt and you get 10% of the sale
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Well if you have an understanding of Zorro it is quite obvious. Zorro is a caped crusader/vigilante who fights for justice. He has an alter ego where he is wealthy. (and obviously he gets the detective skills from Holmes, and the scary bat theme costume from Dracula)
Some facts stolen from Wikipedia:
Zorro's Stats:
- Superb athlete, horseman, swordsman, marksman, and unarmed combatant
- Well educated, wealthy and cultured nobleman
- Master of stealth
- Extensive scientific knowledge and advanced gadgets
There is also an easter egg in most tellings of Batman's origin because the night his parents were murdered they were leaving the movie theatre (the movie they had just gone to see was Zorro)
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Oh well, wow. thats actually really cool 
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Yup, and hes so iconic himself
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In the origin story written by Frank Miller, they show Bruce and his family leaving the movie, Mark of Zorro. Zorro was also a popular pulp fiction character before Batman, and his persona of a hero pretending to be a mild-mannered rich boy may have inspired Bruce's character.
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Woo! Thank you sir. Been wanting to do this for a while, and felt that simple was the way to go.
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